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Forbes
34 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
With ‘The Batman: Part II' Script In, Skepticism Rises About ‘Brave And The Bold'
The Batman After about sixty updates from James Gunn that Matt Reeves' The Batman: Part II sequel script would finally get turned in, it finally has, in fact, been turned in, as broadcast on social media yesterday. As of now, the film still has an October 1, 2027 release date after being pushed back several times, but we'll see if just over two years from script completion to release is actually enough time or if it may be pushed again. This news comes in conjunction with an eye-raising quip from trade outlet THR's Heat Vision blog, saying that while we can stop asking James Gunn about The Batman: Part II script… Batman: The Brave and The Bold is supposed to be the DCU's introduction to a separate, non-The Batman, Batman, but there's an eternal debate over whether Robert Pattinson's version may just be merged into the DCU instead. Gunn has said that The Brave and the Bold is still moving forward and its alleged 2028 release window has not been delayed. That said, he has always said, 'Never say never' when asked the Pattinson question. The Batman There are a lot of weird questions about all of this. The Brave and the Bold does not have a script or even a writer, at least not one that's publicly shared. The Brave and the Bold does have a director in the form of Andy Muschietti. He directed the DCEU's Flash movie, a film that Gunn raved about, but went on to be one of the biggest comic book movie bombs of all time, so it stands to reason to ask if Muschietti should still be doing the all-important introduction to the DCU's Batman. If there is no Pattinson merge, then we have two parallel, high-profile Batmans running around DC in films likely released within a year of each other, and The Batman Part II will have other spin-off shows like The Penguin and eventually a third film. The longer this goes, the more the needle would seem to lean in favor of a merge, something that most fans seem to be in support of, given the positive reception to The Batman's universe. It's a way different tone than what we're about to get with Gunn's Superman, but that's sort of the point and how it works in the comics as well. We just don't know, but at this point, things are getting a little weird with all this. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
See - Sada Elbalad
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- See - Sada Elbalad
"The Batman 2" Script Is Finally Complete
Yara Sameh DC fans have finally received some good news about the future of the highly anticipated 'The Batman' sequel. Writer-director Matt Reeves shared a photo of the completed script on Friday after several delays. 'Partners in Crime (Fighters),' Reeves wrote in a shared Instagram post with co-writer Mattson Tomlin. The first page of the script is blurred out, but a Batman logo can be seen very clearly at the top. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Matt Reeves (@mattreevesla) It's been a long wait for an update on 'The Batman Part II,' which was originally announced in April 2022, a month after the original Robert Pattinson blockbuster soared into theaters. After several delays, the sequel is now scheduled for October 1, 2027 — five and a half years after the original made more than $772 million at the global box office. The news comes just a couple weeks ahead of the big-screen debut of James Gunn and Peter Safran's new DC Universe with 'Superman.' Gunn addressed DC fans' online outrage over 'The Batman' Part II' script delay in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly. 'Listen, we're supposed to get a script in June. I hope that happens. We feel really good about it,' Gunn noted. 'People should get off Matt's nuts because it's like, let the guy write the screenplay in the amount of time he needs to write it. That's just the way it is. He doesn't owe you something because you like his movie. I mean, you like his movie because of Matt. So let Matt do things the way he does.' He added, 'I am irritated by people. I mean, it's just that thing people don't need to be entitled about. It's going to come out when he feels good about the screenplay. And Matt's not going to give me the screenplay until he feels good about the screenplay.' read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News China Launches Largest Ever Aircraft Carrier Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Videos & Features Tragedy Overshadows MC Alger Championship Celebration: One Fan Dead, 11 Injured After Stadium Fall Lifestyle Get to Know 2025 Eid Al Adha Prayer Times in Egypt Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War Arts & Culture Zahi Hawass: Claims of Columns Beneath the Pyramid of Khafre Are Lies News Flights suspended at Port Sudan Airport after Drone Attacks Videos & Features Video: Trending Lifestyle TikToker Valeria Márquez Shot Dead during Live Stream News Shell Unveils Cost-Cutting, LNG Growth Plan Technology 50-Year Soviet Spacecraft 'Kosmos 482' Crashes into Indian Ocean
Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Everything to know about ‘The Batman 2': Returning cast, script finalized
Director Matt Reeves' version of The Batman hit theaters in 2022 and jump-started the post-COVID box office with a dynamic $369 million domestic and $772 million worldwide. Critics were enraptured by Robert Pattinson's darker, grittier, noir-style caped crusader, giving the DC Studios movie an 85 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a 72 score on Metacritic — not too shabby for a comic-book character who's been skulking around Gotham City since 1939. With every successful blockbuster comes the inevitable sequel announcement, and The Batman was no different. But ever since being green-lit by Warner Bros., the follow-up has been hampered with production hiccups and delayed at least a year on the release schedule. Read on for everything to know about The Batman 2. More from Gold Derby 'F1: The Movie' - Instant Oscar predictions The Emmys have one last chance to make things right with 'The Comeback' Mere months after The Batman was released in March 2022, the sequel was officially announced at CinemaCon in April 2022. Pattinson would return as reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne who fought crime as the gruff-voiced Batman, while Reeves would write (with Mattson Tomlin) and direct the new movie. "Matt took one of our most iconic and beloved superheroes and delivered a fresh vision," then-Warner Bros. studio boss Toby Emmerich said. 'Matt Reeves, Rob Pattinson, and the entire team will be taking audiences back to Gotham with The Batman 2." Besides Pattinson, three other cast members from The Batman were in talks for the sequel. Jeffrey Wright (Gotham Police Commissioner James "Jim" Gordon) told Deadline, "I haven't read the script yet, but that's the plan," referring to his eventual return. Andy Serkis (butler Alfred Pennyworth) revealed at 2024's ACE Superhero Comic Con, "I loved working with Rob Pattinson, and I really look forward to playing Alfred once more." Serkis later added, "[Reeves] told me the story of The Batman 2, and I was so excited for it." And Reeves confirmed that Colin Farrell's Oz Cobb, aka the Penguin, would come back during a 2024 Comic-Con panel for the HBO spin-off show The Penguin. Initially, the sequel was set to begin principal photography in November 2023, according to ScreenRant, but it was pushed back because of the dual Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes. In February 2025, Pattinson told Deadline that The Batman 2 would start shooting "at the end of the year," which puts production in late fall or early winter 2025. "Everything feels so long ago, because COVID just erased three years," the actor said. Pattinson didn't give away the storyline, though he did tease that the plot is "cool." According to Production Weekly, principal photography will take place at Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden, England, the same studio that was used for portions of The Batman. In April 2025, yet another delay was hinted at, this one involving Pattinson's potential casting in Dune: Part Three. Deadline reported that Dune franchise director Denis Villeneuve had his eyes on Pattinson as "a new addition to the all-star ensemble" for the upcoming third film. While sources close to the project declined to comment, Deadline's Justin Kroll wrote on X that since Dune: Part Three "will shoot this summer," the actor "could shoot in reasonable time and have it not affect Batman 2, whenever that goes into production." In other words, online rumors suggesting that Pattinson's involvement in Dune 3 means that The Batman 2 will be canceled are flat-out wrong. After originally securing a theatrical release date of Oct. 2, 2026, The Batman 2 was pushed back a full year to Oct. 1, 2027, to give it more time to prep and film. Now, an untitled Alejandro González Iñárritu and Tom Cruise movie will take that 2026 calendar date instead, per The Hollywood Reporter. "Matt is committed to making the best film he possibly can, and no one can accurately guess exactly how long a script will take to write," DC Studios co-chief James Gunn said in December 2024 about the yearlong holdup. "Once there is a finished script, there is around two years for pre-production, shooting, and post-production on big films." In January 2023, the sequel was initially titled The Batman: Part II. But that didn't last long, as it was officially untitled as of December 2024, because Reeves was still writing the script. The new title has yet to be announced. Note that previous Batman movie sequels within the DC universe did not include numbers in their titles, and were instead called Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), Batman & Robin (1997), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). On June 27, 2025, Reeves and Tomlin posted the blurred-out title page of the Batman 2 script on Instagram along with the caption, "Partners in Crime (Fighters)," plus three bat emojis. Variety confirmed that this meant the script was, indeed, finished. Pattinson follows in a long line of Batman actors who've appeared on the big screen, including Lewis Wilson (1943), Robert Lowery (1949), Adam West (1966), Michael Keaton (1989-92), Val Kilmer (1995), George Clooney (1997), Christian Bale (2005-12), and Ben Affleck (2016-21). Scroll through our gallery below of all of the modern-day Batman movies ranked. 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UPI
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
Matt Reeves, Mattson Tomlin finish script for 'Batman' sequel
June 27 (UPI) -- Matt Reeves and Mattson Tomlin shared on Instagram Friday a fuzzy photo of them with a completed script for their sequel to 2022's The Batman. "Partners in Crime (Fighters)," the duo captioned the post, which quickly earned a string of black heart emojis from actress Rosario Dawson, as well as raised hands symbols from singer-songwriter Chris Daughtry. The film is slated for theatrical release on Oct. 1, 2027. Its predecessor starred Robert Pattinson as the title character, Zoe Kravitz as Selina Kyle, Colin Farrell as The Penguin and Jeffrey Wright as Lt. James Gordon.
Yahoo
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Batman 2 Gets Long-Awaited Update From Matt Reeves
After months of rumors, Matt Reeves has taken to social media to share an update on that will no doubt have fans excited. In a recent post on X, Reeves shared a photo of the now-finished script for The Batman Part II. In the background, he can be seen sitting next to Mattson Tomlin, who worked on script revisions on the original film, and who Reeves calls his partner in crime in the post. The post comes after months of rumors and reports on when Reeves would eventually finish the script for the highly anticipated movie. With the script now done, production can move forward on the sequel to the 2022 film. Check out the post below: The development of The Batman Part II has been a long one. The original film was released three years ago in 2022 and was a massive hit. Starring Pattinson as the titular hero, the film made over $770 million at the box office. Much of what we can expect from The Batman Part II remains clouded in mystery. Likewise, its status in the larger DCU is also a mystery as of now. Speaking to Rolling Stone in a recent interview, James Gunn was asked if there was still a 'non-zero' chance that Matt Reeves' Batman franchise will one day be in the DC Universe. Gunn revealed that the chances of it are 'not likely,' but wouldn't say for sure whether it would never appear. Robert Pattinson, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell are among the actors expected to return for The Batman Part II, reprising their respective roles as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Alfred Pennyworth, and Oz Cobb/Penguin from The Batman. Reeves has not disclosed who Pattinson's Caped Crusader will be facing off against in the sequel, although everyone from Two-Face and Clayface to Hush and the Court of Owls has been rumored.
